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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#20 :: 30 January 2013
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POLITICS

1. RIA Novosti: Bad Roads, Drinking, Utilities ­ Russians’ Chief Concerns.
2. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Putin eyes trip to Antarctica, shuns elder image.
3. Vedomosti: NON-GOVERNMENTAL DANGER. Legislation pertaining non-governmental organizations is to be stiffened again.
4. Interfax: Majority of Russians against early Duma elections – poll.
5. Interfax: 80% of Russian orphaned children live in Russian adoptive families – lawmaker.
6. RIA Novosti: Half of Russians Favor Dima Yakovlev Law, 30% Oppose – Poll.
7. Valdai Discussion Club: Yevgeny Minchenko, Politburo 2.0 before the elite reshuffle.
8. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Jan. 30, 2013.
9. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Realism of Medvedev ‘Illusions’ of Achieving Second Presidency Questioned.
10. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Council of non-parliamentary parties joins discussions on election legislation reforms.
11. ITAR-TASS: Kirov region governor answers investigator’s questions in embezzlement case.
12. Vedomosti: ALCOHOL AND ELECTIONS. Law enforcement agencies searched Kirov Governor Nikita Belykh’s office and residence.
13. Moscow Times: Press Freedom Declined Amid Repression in 2012, Report Says.
14. RIA Novosti: Journalist In Recent Row With MPs Is Among Best Trusted On Russian TV – Poll. (Posner)
15. Moscow Times: Georgy Bovt, Kremlin’s Populism Won’t Boost GDP.
16. Novaya Gazeta: Kirill Rogov, In Search of a New Putin Majority. To Make Society Forget About Its Pressing Problems, It Is Necessary To Go On Discussing the Propaganda of Homosexuality Until It Drives You Crazy and To Ruin Children’s Lives.
17. ITAR-TASS: Russians curious who is to blame for death of opposition activist Dolmatov.
18. Washington Post: Russian anti-gay bill sets off furor.
19. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Concerns about Sochi Olympiad behind Kremlin’s Move in Daghestan.
20. Moscow Times: Ilya Ponomaryov, Drawing Lessons From the U.S. Defense Sector.

ECONOMY

21. ITAR-TASS: Russian economy to retain stable growth rate till 2030 ­ economics ministry.
22. www.russiatoday.com: Russia’s Government sees the country at the forefront of global economy from 2030.
23. Vedomosti: Putin Sets Course For ‘Economic Patriotism’
24. Reuters: Analysis: Putin’s central bank choice – Sound money or boom-bust?
25. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia takes wary assessment of EU’s anti-crisis efforts.
26. Wall Street Journal: U.K. Leads European Venture-Capital Funding, but Russia Is Fastest Growing.
27. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV commentator takes issue with former finance minister over economy. (Leontyev vs. Kudrin)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

28. Moscow Times: Kerry Seen as Best Choice for Putin.
29. RIA Novosti: Clinton Urges Russia to be More ‘Integrated’
30. www.russiatoday.com: ‘Russia is ending its dependency on the global superpower’ – ­ Pushkov.
31. ITAR-TASS: Russia seeks to develop gas cooperation with US ­- deputy minister.
32. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. US non-profit organizations shut down offices in Russia and took the Russian personnel out of the country.
33. ITAR-TASS: Fifty-five Russian children adopted into US families in 2012.
34. www.russiatoday.com: Veronika Krasheninnikova, Washington on the war path: Civil society as battering-ram.
35. New York Times Television Review: Fit for the P.T.A. (and the K.G.B.). (re “The Americans” on FX)
36. Moscow Times/Reuters: IMF: Georgian Growth to Depend on Ties With Russia.

LONG ITEM

37. Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Addresses 23 Jan Press Conference.